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		<title>Win a Free ScotteVest!</title>
		<link>http://blog.lesterpickerphoto.com/2012/02/02/win-a-free-scottevest/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 13:19:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you’re a photographer, listen up! Do I have a deal for you!!
To help celebrate Photographers’ Month at my favorite outdoor clothing website— ScotteVest — I’m giving away a brand new Classic ScotteVest to one of our blog visitors! Just be sure to enter by February 29.
The Classic ScotteVest
Why should you want to win this contest? Simply because, in my opinion (humble or otherwise), the Classic ScotteVest is… well, a classic. It has 22 pockets—  count ‘em— with features that never cease to amaze me. There are pockets for my ...]]></description>
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		<title>Write Your Way to Better Photography</title>
		<link>http://blog.lesterpickerphoto.com/2012/01/31/write-your-way-to-better-photography/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 02:31:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am so tired of seeing very capable people produce b-o-r-i-n-g photos. The same tourist locations, the same angles, the same composition, the same, same, same!
So, several years ago I got to wondering if there was a better way to help people get beyond boring and into more dynamic expressions of their photographic creativity. I do think I’ve found one path, but first bear me a little slack.
Admittedly, I’m schizophrenic. I’m frequently forced to witness disturbing battles that rage between my left and right brains.
Les, you’ve got to be more ...]]></description>
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		<title>Goodbye Kodak?</title>
		<link>http://blog.lesterpickerphoto.com/2012/01/19/goodbye-kodak/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jan 2012 02:55:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I woke up this morning, poured my tea and started reading the paper. It wasn&#8217;t exactly unexpected, but the headline jumped out and grabbed my heart. Kodak was filing for bankruptcy.
I&#8217;ll try to explain what this means to me. I was brought up on Kodak film. My father, a wonderful photographer (and genuinely nice guy) gave me my first camera and rolls of Kodachrome 25 when I was 11. He was a periodic beta-tester for Kodak film, although he rarely used anything other than K25. His photography around New York ...]]></description>
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		<title>The Year Ahead</title>
		<link>http://blog.lesterpickerphoto.com/2012/01/16/the-year-ahead/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jan 2012 15:15:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[2011 was a pretty good year… photographically, that is. I was able to fulfill a decades-old desire and delve deep into large format photography, only to find that it does not suit my travel style. Bummer. But I had fun finally tackling that beast and putting it to rest.
It was also the year that I added medium format to my repertoire, and I am enjoying my Hasselblad H4D-50 very, very much. With its 50-megapixel files and extraordinary sensor, I get luscious, film-like images that exceed my expectations.
I was also able ...]]></description>
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		<title>Oil Boom or Bust</title>
		<link>http://blog.lesterpickerphoto.com/2012/01/13/oil-boom-or-bust/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jan 2012 16:42:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[One man’s sorrow is another man’s joy, or so the saying goes (I assume it applies equally to women). And so it is in the Yukon Territory, where oil, gas and precious metal interests have discovered that the Canadian province may hold vast, untapped resources. That’s good news for the economy and perhaps bad news for the environment. We’ll soon see.
In winter I usually review some of my past year’s work and, lo and behold!, I found some images that I had forgotten about. Without taking a stand on Yukon’s ...]]></description>
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		<title>Winter Work</title>
		<link>http://blog.lesterpickerphoto.com/2012/01/04/winter-work/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jan 2012 19:01:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A friend, Morgan Melekos, just sent me this image he took while I was photographing a Vermont stream scene. It was around 1 degree Fahrenheit that day. Although I sometimes have to get into a stream to photograph, I don&#8217;t do so lightly. I advise my readers to always take proper precautions (see the ScotteVest column I did entitled &#8220;Don&#8217;t Take The Plunge!&#8221;: http://www.scottevest.com/company/photography.shtml).
If you are curious, the camera is a Hasselblad H4D-50 with a 28mm lens and a Hasselblad tilt-shift mechanism between the lens and camera. Clothing includes my ...]]></description>
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		<title>Vermont Visit</title>
		<link>http://blog.lesterpickerphoto.com/2011/12/31/vermont-visit/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 31 Dec 2011 19:56:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>lpicker</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was visiting my daughter and 3 grandchildren in Vermont&#8217;s Northern Kingdom this past week. The weather was atrocious, not for the cold, but for the fact that an unusually warm couple of days produced rain instead of snow and washed all the snow from the trees. Man, was I bummed! There went my pre-visualization of a snowy stream.
On my last day I had aborted a trek to a beaver pond when I stepped into a marsh and broke through the ice, filling my boot with ice-cold water and marsh ...]]></description>
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		<title>Of Hornworms and Other Strange Pursuits</title>
		<link>http://blog.lesterpickerphoto.com/2011/12/27/of-hornworms-and-other-strange-pursuits/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Dec 2011 00:42:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>lpicker</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Boredom is good! The interstitial seasonitis doldrums have started, that dreadful time for photographers where we are still blinded by Fall’s colors and the snows of winter have yet to fly. Oh, the boredom, the insatiable itchy trigger finger!
Well, you can relieve that boredom with Les Picker’s tried-and-true doldrums destroyer. It’s called an aquarium. Not just any aquarium, but a dry aquarium, aka a terrarium. Here’s what I mean.
Buy a used aquarium (5-10 gallons should suffice) at a yard sale. If one side or other is cracked, so much the ...]]></description>
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		<title>Happy Holidays!</title>
		<link>http://blog.lesterpickerphoto.com/2011/12/22/happy-holidays/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Dec 2011 14:29:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s wishing all of you loyal readers a wonderful, warm and loving Holiday season.


And may 2012 bring you good health, travel to exciting places, and 5-star images captured by your own hand.


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Les
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		<title>Climate Change, Anyone?</title>
		<link>http://blog.lesterpickerphoto.com/2011/12/17/climate-change-anyone/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Dec 2011 16:50:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>lpicker</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I’ve been visiting global cold weather spots for many years and there is no question in my mind that climate change is occurring. From melting permafrost to retreating glaciers, I see this every time I venture north.
I am not taking sides on how much is human-induced and how much is naturally occurring. From the data I have seen so far, I am convinced that human activity has accelerated this process. But I also believe that more research is needed on this vital issue that will affect humanity and our natural ...]]></description>
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